Essays Tagged: "Arlington National Cemetery"

ArlingtonNationalCemetery, located in Arlington, Virginia, is home to the graves of over 275,000 p ... 1802, George Washington's adopted grandson, George Custis, wanted to build a mansion atop a hill in Arlington as a memorial for the country's first president. He hired George Hadfield, an English arch ... oon after purchasing the land, he appropriated the grounds for use as a military cemetery. In 1864, ArlingtonNationalCemetery was officially created from the estate. One can still walk inside ...

land where they had rested since 1825. They were reinterred with military honors on the hillside at ArlingtonNationalCemetery overlooking the radiating avenues and circles and squares L'Enfant had d ...

ere it was originally called Decoration Day. The first Decoration Day took place on May 30, 1868 at ArlingtonNationalCemetery under the order of General John Logan, national commander of the Grand A ...

really loved this site. However, there are some sites I didn't like as much. I did not like ArlingtonNationalCemetery. I thought we spent way too much time there just to look at the Kennedy ... tes. This was extremely boring and it was definitely too hot. Although not my favorite site, ArlingtonNationalCemetery has to do with history a great deal. The Kennedys played a big part in o ...